Now it's time to give these weird sounds the credit they deserved.
It's amazing; just LOOK WHAT I HAVE FOUND in thrift stores, second hand markets and sometimes even IN THE TRASH CAN.
Thanks to CD I was able to save these unusual tunes on 45 rpm 7" records. It's obvious that these 45s have been played a lot, so surface noice is almost obligatory. No hi-tek cd quality, but just back to the times where no one had ever heard of digital recording studios.
All the songs on these compilations are from the original 45 rpm records released prior to 1980 when CD took over the world of warm vinyl sounds. I've tried to exclude any song that's been compiled before, but as I don't own each and every compilation album ever made, there might be some songs that you already own on another compilation album. Look, listen and enjoy...
LABEL: In The Trash Can Records
CAT # : GARBAGE08
Subtitle: Extra Large - 16 forgotten failures from the 70's
How far can too far go? Mix disco cover versions with sleazy funk tunes and other long forgotten sounds of the 70's and you'll get a surprisingly exciting cocktail of weird tunes that would have been lost forever if not unleashed on this crappy compilation. My taste is not only super bad, it's also extra extra large..
(Pickwick International PIP-6518 from 1976)
1976 will always be the year of disco, but I don't think anyone could have expected a disco version of surf classic Miserlou and with lyrics!
2. watermelon man - love, peace & joy
(Steady S-015)
This must be from around 1974 and it's still a fantastic version of the best song Herbie Hancock has ever written. This promo copy was released on a N.Y. based label. It's great to hear these girls sing the slightly changed lyrics. Must be great for every party!
3. bump me baby - bill purcell & the nashville sweat band and aides
(Alston 3728 from 1976)
Surprise surprise, this is a disco version of latin classic El Cumbanchero with super groovy lyrics written by producer Gene Nash. The music however was written by Rafael Hernandez for the movie Cuban Pete from 1952, first performed by Pepe Jaramilla. So many have recorded it over all those years, but the ones I like the most are the versions by Trinity and Xavier Cugat.
4. whipping post - fontenas
(CBS CBS1526 from 1973)
An instrumental by this French (?) 70s band. This would have been perfect for a police movie: just listen to the funky organ and wahwah guitar licks. Also the b-side is fantastic; it can be found on volume 30.
5. the whip pt1 - darnell simpkins & the family tree
(Scm SCM2000)
Wow! Kinky sexy funky tunes including whipping sounds! This is a genuine shaker for the dancefloors. And the story continues on the flip: pt2! The label also reads "The Sound Of Long Island". Wish I was there in those days; it must've been much more exciting than thee 54.
6. kung fu's back again - roberta kelly
(Vogue VB.375 from 1974)
And pt2 on the b-side of that disco 45. The king of disco has co-written this one: Giorgio Moroder. Is there a link between black singer Roberta Kelly and R. Kelly? I don't think so. Anyway, it's great to hear another kung fu song besides Carl Douglas' "Kung fu fighting".
7. everybody - asterix
(Decca 79.100 from 1970)
A German band with a Tommy Roe song? In the 90s Everybody was also sampled into a discotheque hit by a band I already forgot the name of. Psych fans will certainly love this version of the Tommy Roe song. The flip is "If I could fly".
8. gitano - discopolis
(Vogue VB.512)
In the same vein as "OK Chicago" by Resonance, Discopolis recorded two similar songs: "Night patrol" and this "Gitano". Just imagine a gypsy clan luring a police patrol. I believe the man behind this band was Orlando Armath who's featured on volume 15.
9. drive my car - gary toms empire
(Pickwick International PIP-6509 from 1975)
If there will ever come a third volume of "I hate the Beatles", then this song must be part of it. A great disco version with car horns honking all over. The best Drive My Car cover however is "Tu peux conduire ma bagnole" by Stereo Total.
10. the count of monte disco - el coco
(Avi AVIS105 from 1976)
Must be played right before Hot Blood's "Soul Dracula" on a Halloween party. If you play this on any other moment, your neighbours will kill you for having so much bad bad taste.
11. bimbo jet - el bimbo
(EMI 1J006-12.957)
Even worse now! You've got to hear this to believe. Maybe it was featured in a 8mm porn movie in the early 70s. Actually it was in that decade a discotheque hit in bimbo-land Spain.
12. mandrake - sarr band
(Satril 45.SA.1143 from 1978)
"Mandrake" has been released twice: first as flip to "Mephisto", the disco demon and also here (b/w "Double action"). This is one of the "better" disco tunes ever released. On volume 32 you can enjoy "Mephisto", one of my all time fave disco songs.
13. carmen brasilia - revolution system
(Pink Elephant PE22.687-H from 1972)
First there was Popcorn and then there was Carmen Brasilia, also known as The Next Popcorn. But actually it's a "popcorn" synthetized remake of Bizet's Carmen. Dozens of bands have released Popcorn on a 45 and a few also released this one. It's a little bit faster than the original by Anarchic System.
14. popcorn - the popcorn orchestra
(Supreme S.526 from 1972)
I've got a whole bunch of "Popcorn" recordings on 45 and this one is hard to find. This version is also a little bit faster than the hit singles by Hot Butter and Anarchic System and the rest from 1972. Gershon Kingsley, a Moog wizzard, recorded it in 1969 and must have been astonished three years later by the dozens of covers (and maybe, just maybe he got his royalties).
15. chirpy chirpy, cheep cheep - lally stott
(Philips 6025 013 from 1970)
BAAAAAAAD Taste! What's this here??? Middle Of The Road cover??? Hell no, this is the original recording from 1970 which was first covered (in French!) by Sheila in 1971 and then by Los Caracas who changed their name into Middle Of The Road and conquered the charts all over the world.
16. shake-a-tail part 1 - big wheel
(Bell 2008 182 from 1973)
An often forgotten glamrock band with a song that could've been a smash hit... but instead everyone ignored the band and now nobody seems to remember the name. "Part2" is on the other side of that 45.
